Garment-supporter trimming.



E. N. HUMPHREY.

GARMENT SUPPORTER TRIMMING.

. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 24.1913.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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ERNEST N. HUMPHREY, 0F NEVI BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO TRAUT &

HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, 'GONNECTICUT, A CORPO- BATION OF CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER TRIMMING.

Application filed January 24, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST N. HUM runny, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Garment; Supporter Trimmings, of which the follow-;

embrace the tubular guide 4, the lower eX- ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved garment supporter fitting, and particularly to a cord guide such as commonly found on suspender ends, the object of the invention being to provide a very simple and effective guard means therefor which serves to protect the same both in front and in back, and also serves to properly position the same in its cord receiving position.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a suspender end fitted with my improved cord guide. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View. Fig. 4 is a detail.

In the present instance I have shown my improvement associated with a loop 1, to which the suspender webbing 2 may be suitably attached.

3 represents a cord by which the suspender end is fastened in the usual manner to two buttons.

4 represents in conventional form what is termed a tubular guide for the cord 3, the guide-way in said tube being curved to form an easy bearing, over which the cord 3 may slide without chafing or undue wear.

55 are respectively front and rear protector pieces or plates which substantially cover the front and rear sides of the tubular guide 4, protecting it from contact with the underlying or overlying garment of the wearer, so that if it swings to and fro, it will not tend to chafe or wear or discolor said garment. In the preferred construction, these guard plates 5-5 are secured together by a headed stud 6, which likewise constitutes a pivotal support for the tube 4, the upper end of the tubular guide being loosely pivoted on said stud, so that it may oscillate or rock between the protector plates 55 to facilitate the free running of the cord 3. Again, in the preferred construction the protector plates 5-5 are formed integrally with the loop portion 1, the metal constituting said parts being suitably stamped out, of a design substantially as in- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 21, 1913.

Serial No. 743,975.

'clicat-ed in the drawings, and then folded so as to form the connection 7 along the upper edge of the loop, whereby the loop acts as a supporting means for the tubular guide and the protector plates. As will be seen by reference .to the cross sectional view, Fig. 3, the protector plates 5-5 are bowed. so as to tremities of the plates preferably curving in somewhat so as to partially enter the upwardly curved or arched portion of the cord guide, thus tending to centralize and position the same properly to receive the cord 3.

It will be obvious that while I have described and illustrated a construction adapted to a single cord tube, the invention is, of

course, applicable to a double or triple tube construction, the device in such case being merely stamped out to provide two or more sets of spaced protector plates 55.

What I claim is:

1. A metal trimming for garment supporters comprising a tubular cord guide, spaced protector plates at the front and rear faces of said guide, a stud connecting said plates and pivotally supporting said guide to oscillate therebetween, the opposing faces of said plates being concaved to correspond substantially with the curvature of said tubular guide, the lower end of one of said plates being turned inwardly beneath said cord guide to centrally position the same.

2. A metal trimming for garment supporters comprising a tubular cord guide having an upwardly curving arcuate cord channel at its base, spaced protector plates at the front and rear faces of said guide, a stud connecting said plates and pivotally supporting said guide to oscillate therebetween, the opposing faces of said plates being concaved to correspond substantially with the curvature of said tubular guide and the extremities of said plates being turned inwardly beneath the cord guide to partially enter in beneath said arcuate channel portion, whereby said guide is centrally positioned.

3. A metal trimming for garment supporters comprising a tubular cord guide having an upwardly curving arcuate cord channel at its base, an integral piece of sheet metal bent upon itself to provide spaced protector plates at the front and rear faces of said guide, a stud connecting said plates and pivotally supporting said guide to oscillate therebetween, the opposing faces of said plates being concaved to correspond substantially with the curvature of said tubular guide and the extremities of said plates be ing turned inwardly beneath the cord guide to partially enter in beneath said arcuate channel portion, whereby said guide is centrally positioned between said plates.

l. A metal trimming for garment supporters comprising a tubular cord guide having an upwardly curving cord channel at its base, an integral piece of'sheet metal bent upon itself to provide a loop plate, and ini tegral spaced protector plates extending therefrom and inclosing therebetween the front and rear faces of said cord guide, said guide being pivotally mounted between said plates to oscillate therebetween, the opposing' faces of said plates being concaved to correspond substantially with the curvature of said tubular guide, and the extremities of said plates being turned inwardly to partially enter in beneath the arcuate channel portion of said guide, whereby the latter is centrally positioned between said plates.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY. Witnesses:

FRANK L. TRAUT,

W. J. lVoRAM, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

7 Washington, D. 0. 

